HALF MOON BAY, Calif

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Just think of all the pumpkin pie it could make.

Thad Starr of Pleasant Hill, Ore., set a record at the annual pumpkin weigh-off here with his 1,524-pound pumpkin. He'll get $6 a pound, bringing his winnings to $9,144.

"It's the thrill of the victory," Starr said Monday after his pumpkin came out on top. "And it's the fruition of a year's work."

About 80 contestants competed for the first-place prize, festival officials said.

Pumpkins were lowered by forklift onto a 5-ton capacity digital scale monitored by officials from the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner's Office.

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Wow! Thats one huge gourd...Linus would be so proud.